Chapter 14
In the lounge on the other side, the Muyu Club, which had just won a great victory and was still very proud, was happily enjoying the fruit slices.
This successful start is different from any previous successful start. This is a victory in a game in front of Chi Shen, and the meaning is very different!
The players of Muyu were very satisfied with their performance in the first game, but the coach and the training staff felt that it was still not good enough. After a little praise, they entered into a review phase that started with praise and ended with criticism.
Most of the instructions revolved around their mistakes during team fights.
Team Muyu and Team Xiangjiu are at two extremes. As candidates for the top spot in Group S, their strength is certainly not bad. It can even be said that they represent the strongest force in the country this season. However, both teams have fatal problems.
Mu Yu is very good at finding opportunities, and you can see them fighting for survival in almost every game, but their team battles are like a pile of shit. Although it is still acceptable compared with the abd group, it is a bit unbearable to watch when placed in the S group.
Xiangjiu is the opposite of Muyu. They are very good at team battles, but the players in the team are all wooden and don’t know how to find opportunities. They are not good at spreading advantages and are easily overturned by opponents.
This is also why watching Xiangjiu games requires a quick-acting heart-saving pill. The ups and downs are too great. You may be cheering for a perfect team battle in the last second, and the opponent will find an opportunity to die on the spot in the next second.
The picture is quite breathtaking.
However, these two teams with obvious loopholes are already the two strongest teams in the country this season, but they cannot be considered strong in the international arena.
This is also the reason why Chi Mo was so surprised when he saw Xu Kangle had no punctuation marks. In his opinion, a strong team ranked first or second in Group S should not make such mistakes. Moreover, they did not even have the ability to make up for the mistakes and stabilize the situation after making the mistakes. They lost their way in the foggy forest, exhausted all the advantages of the successful team fight a few minutes ago, and then died suddenly on the spot.
Oh, sudden death on the spot...
How do you fight this?
Chi Mo was dumbfounded when he watched from the audience. Although he did not curse them, such a death was indeed ugly. He could already imagine what the public opinion environment on the Internet was like.
If it were him, he would have retired on the spot after the first round when he took off his headphones, not to mention waiting until the evening to decide the winner. Maybe the audience would have thrown bottles at him.
Even if they win today's game, their performance in the first game will definitely be criticized. I hope they can win this big game, otherwise they will be criticized for more than just the sudden death in the first game.
Chi Mo certainly didn't want these children to be abused by public pressure. He knew too well what it felt like to be cyberbullied, and it wasn't a pleasant feeling. Although he had let it go long ago, it did still bother him as a minor at the time.
No one likes to be subjected to large-scale abuse. Perhaps it is because they have been exposed to the rain themselves, so they don’t want these children who are not even twenty years old to have to endure this.
Cyberbullying is indeed a very bad behavior, but if you fight badly, it is bad. If you eat this bowl of rice bowl, you should accept these comments. There is no way around it.
But Mu Yu's previous match wasn't much better. Although they won, their teamfights were full of holes, and any single one of them could be fatal. They actually had several. If it weren't for their ability to find opportunities, coupled with the arrival of the smog, they might not have won.
This made Chi Mo a little dazed, and a rather impolite question popped up - Is this really a Group S match? Why is the intensity so different from when he played professionally?
I'm not being too harsh, it's just... well, it's hard to put into words.
Chi Mo couldn't help but sigh. If this kind of strength can kill people in the country, what will happen when it comes to the international round-robin competition?
Is this really their strength, or are they hiding because it’s the first game?
But this is a best-of-three! What are you hiding? Your plane ticket home?
Chi Mo frowned slightly.
What's going on these past three years? Even with the constant meta changes, the training and competition have been constantly studied. Why is it that after three years, instead of improving, the competition has actually regressed?
But the intensity of competitions abroad is not like this?
The sense of separation is so strong that it feels like the domestic technical level has regressed to its most primitive level in comparison. It is very similar to when the server was first launched, when everyone just killed people indiscriminately and took the number of heads as glory, without caring about the life or death of the "Tree of Life" at all.
Because of the situation abroad, domestic competitions require a VPN to watch, so the most domestic competitions Chi Mo has been exposed to are those starting with the international round-robin tournaments. He never expected it to be like this. No wonder domestic teams have not performed very well in foreign competitions in recent years, and some have even been eliminated in the first round.
From this perspective, it seems like they are just working in isolation and fighting among themselves.
Chi Mo felt that he needed to follow Yu Wenyu and the others to the Xiangjiu Club after the game to learn about the domestic competition situation. He hoped that everything would not be as bad as he imagined, otherwise, this year's summer World Cup would be a big mess.
If he remembered correctly, this year's tournament was held in the country's capital. If he was eliminated in the first round while playing at home, it would be a shame.
——Alas, this situation is really not optimistic.
Chi Mo suddenly felt a little heavy, and his mood for watching the game was not as exciting and joyful as it was at the beginning.
After a few minutes, the cursing comments in the live broadcast room finally died down.
According to previous arrangements, the camera should have been aimed at the two teams' lockers at this time, but the director did not move at all, and the camera was always aimed at the commentary seat, with no intention of moving away.
"I'm sorry, both commentators. Due to an emergency, we will not be filming in the lounge. The camera will always be here with you. Please bear with us!" said the director in the director's room.
The two commentators were stunned for a moment. They had encountered such impromptu situations before, but this was the first time they didn't take any photos of the locker room at all.
Their minds were spinning rapidly, wondering what awkward conversation they could have after thanking their sponsor.
The female commentator Xiaotu was quite panicked. She looked at Muzi with her pupils shaking. Muzi gave her a reassuring look that said "Don't worry, leave it to me". Xiaotu immediately calmed down and the smile on her face was no longer stiff.
Their professionalism allowed them to adjust their headsets as if nothing had happened, but the obvious hesitation in their movements was still noticed by the audience in the live broadcast room.
Why isn't there any footage of the break room today? Did the director forget to cut to it?
[The genius director lets Xiaotu and Muzi have an awkward chat here]
I feel sorry for my little bunny goddess. It's obvious she received the notification at short notice, but luckily she managed her expression well.
[Muzi will go straight to Xiangjiu Club after today and ask them to pay you and Xiaotu double your wages.]
[This is so funny. A worker's life is also a life!]
[A reasonable guess is that a player got into a fight in the locker room? This is the first time I've seen someone not film the locker room.]
[This shouldn't be the case. Doesn't the league love to capitalize on this kind of internal team conflict? It would be best if I could cry.]
[Who knows? He's been acting crazy for a while now.]
Amidst all the suspicions, few people in the live broadcast room paid attention to the awkward chat between Muzi and Xiaotu. Ten minutes later, the break ended and the second game began.
The ten-minute break was neither long nor short, enough for Chi Mo to transfer some experience to them.
Thanks to Chi Shen’s impromptu tutoring, the morale of Xiangjiu’s players was greatly boosted. Not only did they not feel sad about losing a game, but they were all in high spirits, with determination to win in their eyes.
And these kids from Xiangjiu did not disappoint Chi Shen, the temporary tutor, and they won the second game smoothly. But this also made Chi Mo more certain of one thing - the level of domestic e-sports has indeed regressed.
In the second game, Mu Yu still failed to solve the problem of their sudden death in team fights, and he became a little impatient in the later stage, just like Calabash Brothers saving his grandfather, and they died one after another.
The outrageousness of this scene also shocked the audience in the live broadcast room.
[Are they feeding each other? ]
I thought it was a Group S showdown, but it turned out to be a chef showdown.
[I just want to laugh when I see them dodging like crazy]
Fortunately, the third game finally had some meaning of a battle for the top spot in Group S, but it was only a little bit, and in Chi Mo's opinion, it was still not enough.
He had been frowning throughout the second game. The trainers and coaches sitting next to him didn't dare to say a word, for fear that such a big Buddha would get angry.
As long as you have eyes, you can see from Chi Mo's eyebrows that he is quite dissatisfied with this game.
——What to do? The big devil finally returned to China and came to watch the game in person with great joy, but ended up making everyone unhappy and looking very depressed.
This is simply a grave sin!!!
Xiang Jiu and his group were really nervous. They could only hope that the kids on the field would perform well so that Chi Mo wouldn't frown the whole time.
Unfortunately, until Xiangjiu won the third game 2:1, Chi Mo's expression remained unchanged. He just kept clapping with a frown on his face, and no one else dared to speak or ask.
However, this atmosphere was lifted after returning to the lounge. It seemed that Chi Shen did not want to make the atmosphere depressing in front of the children, so he took the initiative to congratulate them.
It is natural to be happy to win the game, but to receive the blessings and encouragement from the God of Pool is even more joyful.
However, before they could chatter away anything, the door to the lounge was opened.
Everyone in Xiangjiu was surprised to see Teacher Muzi walking towards them. He greeted everyone with a smile, but walked straight towards Chi Mo.
Li Ji has a good relationship with the players and coaches, so when he suddenly came to the lounge, everyone naturally welcomed him.
But Muzi's purposeful action still made Xiangjiu and the others alert. They subconsciously protected Chi Mo behind them, like a pack of wolves guarding their prey, and did not allow anyone to get close.
How could Li Ji not feel the "hostility" from the other side? He wanted to laugh. He stood there, spreading his hands helplessly: "What are you doing? Can I still steal the Pond God away?"
Li Ji's words still did not let them down their guard. Instead, when they heard the word "steal", everyone looked at him with less friendly eyes.
"I just want to invite Master Chi to dinner, not to steal anyone!" Li Ji raised his hands in surrender.
"Invite the God of Chi to dinner?" Yu Wenyu narrowed his eyes. After examining him, he said firmly, "No, it's not safe for Momo to go alone. If we have to go, our entire team must go!"
As soon as these words came out, they were unanimously agreed by everyone in Xiangjiu: "Yes, yes, yes! Our entire team must go!"
As soon as these resounding words fell, the door that had just been closed was slammed open again by an external force.
"Eat? What kind of meal? We want to go too!" Mu Yu's coach rushed in directly with the players, training sessions, team leaders, and managers.
When they saw Chi Mo being protected by the crowd, everyone in Mu Yu was stunned.
Unlike what they saw in the stadium, Momo in the lounge was not wearing a mask. His face was completely exposed to the air. There was no need to guess whether he was the person they had been longing for, because by seeing this face, they could clearly confirm that Chi Shen was really standing in front of them.
For a moment, how could those young contestants who had not seen much of the world resist such temptation?
They didn't care whether they had eaten or not, and rushed towards Chi Mo directly. Then they took out the markers they had prepared long ago from their pockets, and came over obediently, blinking at Chi Mo and expressing their request for an autograph.
Chi Mo was also stunned by this change, but when he heard that they wanted him to sign, he gladly accepted it.
He picked up a pen and began to sign the clothes they held out to him.
Naturally, the little ones in Xiangjiu were not willing to be outdone. After seeing Chi Shen signing for them, they stopped pretending and directly grabbed the pen to ask Chi Mo to sign for them as well.
All the contestants gathered around Chi Mo, calling him "Brother" and "Chi God" alternately, with no awareness that they were the protagonists of today's game. They were exactly like the fanatical fans who bought scalper tickets at high prices and were brought backstage to meet their idols with great difficulty.
This extremely crazy look did not make the adults in the club feel ashamed at all. Instead, they were very envious of them for being able to use their status as players to ask for autographs without any burden. If it were not for the restrictions of their status, they would also want to come forward to ask for autographs.
After the signing was over, everything returned to the main topic.
The two teams still had a big disagreement about the meal.
Xiangjiu’s people naturally didn’t want Muyu’s people to join in the fun, but Muyu insisted on going.
"You guys really want to go too?" Zhang Yuxuan continued to question. He put his arm around Pan Sihua's shoulders and said, "I'm not saying anything, buddy, but we from Xiangjiu are going out to eat, why are you from Muyu joining in the fun?"
Pan Sihua raised an eyebrow and said unyieldingly, "It doesn't matter where we eat. What's wrong with eating together? Does it mean that these days the winning team can't let the losing team eat?"
"You are just making excuses!" Yu Wenyu scolded.
"Whether you're being coy or not, let's talk about it after dinner! We don't care, we're going to dinner with you!" Ms. Zhang Yan pressed the issue, even playing the emotional card directly: "Besides, losing the game is already hard, so what's wrong with Xiangjiu treating us to a meal?"
Seeing that everyone was about to quarrel again, Chi Mo raised his hand to make a stop gesture. He smiled and made a decision: "Okay, okay, stop quarreling, let's go eat together, it's my treat."
As the person with the most say present, since Chi Mo said so, they dared not disobey.
Just like that, the two teams happily boarded their respective team buses and headed to the hot pot restaurant. In the joyous and peaceful atmosphere, they didn't realize that the discussion about today's game had already become the number one hot search.
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